BSLC: A tool for bacteria source characterization for watershed management

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 879-889

  Zeckoski, Rebecca W ^a   Benham, Brian L ^a   Shah, Sanjay B ^b   Wolfe, Mary Leigh ^a   Brannan, Kevin M ^a   Al Smadi, Mohammad ^a   Dillaha, Theo A ^a   Mostaghimi, Saied ^a   Heatwole, Conrad D ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fecal coliform; Modeling; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; DATA PROCESSING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

FECAL COLIFORM; PATHOGEN; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WATERSHEDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 25844480760     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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